Dump-car.



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DUMP GAR.

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No. 733,786. PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

H. W. WOLFF & A. LIPSGHUTZ.

DUMP GAR.

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l PATENT OEEiCE.

HERBERT IV. WOLFF AND ARTHUR LIPSCHUTZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGN ORS TO AMERICAN CAR da FOUNDRY COMPANY,- OF ST.l LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW J ERSEY. l

DUMP-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent N o. 733,786, dated July 14, r'1903.

Application filed March 20, 1903. Serial Nol 148,741. (Nomodel.)

To all who-m, t may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT W. .WOLEE andARTHUE LIPsoHUTz,citizens oftheUnited,

is a full, clear, and exact description, such,`

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevational view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional lview of one end of a car. Fig. 3 is a plan View of one end of the car. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the plan of theunderframing. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line 5 5 of Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a similar section on the line 6 6 of Fig. l. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail View of one end of a transom and its connections, and Fig. 8 is a side view of the same. l

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in dumping-cars of the type wherein the bottom doors are pivotally supported at the center sills and extend thence to the outer sides of the car, where they are connected to operating means adapted to control the same.

The object of the invention is to produce a car of this type which is provided with a continuous load-shedding crown extendingy from end to end thereof and in which inci.

3 are attached, respectively, to the top and bottom edges of said webs and are coextensive therewith, the horizontal Ilangesjof said angles projecting outwardly from said center sills toward the side of the car, thus being oppositely disposed.

B represents draft-sills, preferably used and extending from the bolsters to end sills 5o and may be of any convenient type.

C C are the bolsters, which are provided with vertical web portions 4 and oppositelydisposed tlanges 5 at the top` portion and similar oppositely-disposed flanges Gat the bottoml portion' of said webs, while a bottom plate 7 extends continuously from one end of the bolster to the other and, if desired, may, as shown in Fig. 7, be continued at the ends of said holsters upwardlyto form closures for `the openkends thereof. Strictly speaking,these are no sidesills, though the sides of the car are reinforce-d at the top and bottom, respectively, by means of angles 8 and 9, extending longitudinally thereof throughout the length of the car, while similar angles l() are provided at the sides of the car at 'the end. Across the end portions of `the body portion ofthe carat the top are angles ll, and gusset-plates 12 connect the upper angles, secured, respectively, to the sides and ends of the car. v

Secured to the inner face of the center-sill webs are yokes l?, which extend thence upwardly and form arches between the center sills, to which arches are connected the crownsheet 11i, which extends continuously from one end of the car to the other. This crownsheet is preferably continuous and in the same plane from end to end, as ithas been found in practicethat where different angles of inclination of the sides thereof are employed the load will hang and fail to dump as quickly as where a continuous crown is employed. f This crown-sheet is cut away at l5 above the body-holsters, and the crownsheet 16, secured above said holsters, passes thereunderat that point, thereby providing acrown-sheet over the bolsters which merges with the longitudinal crown-sheet above said center sills.

The bolster crownsheet 16, as will be seen f in Fig. 2, is supported in the same manner as the crown-sheet 14 by means of yokes connected to the web portions of the said bolster and extends entirely across the-interior portion of the car, whereby said crown-sheets form a perfect shedding-surfacefor the load carried in said car above the center sills andV transoms.

Attached to the center sills at convenient IOO holsters and the end sills.

intervals are brackets 18, carrying pintles 19, to which pintles are connected the pivoted doors 2O and 20a, forming the bottom portion ofthe car, the doors 2O being the doors in that portion of the car between the holsters and the doors 2On being the doors between the At convenientintervals thedoors are provided with loops 2l, to which are connected the chains 22, extending thence around the shaft 23, which shaft extends the entire length of the car and preferably projects for a short distance therebeyond, as best shown in Fig. 1, where an angular portion thereof is provided for the attachment of means for rotating said shaft and the usual pawl and ratchet incident to this class of devices. Disposed at convenient intervals along the outer side of the carbody D are vertically-disposed angles 24, riveted to said car-body, to the outwardly-projecting fiange of which are connected brackets 25, in which rotates said longitudinal shaft 23, whereby said shaft is suitably supported for proper operation. At the ends of the holsters C gusset-plates 26 are connected to the sides of the car and to said holsters, while ianges 27 are connected to said gussetplates 26 and extend thence upwardly, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 8, where they are connected to the sides of the car. When the bottom plate of the transom is carried upwardly, as shown in Fig. 7, filler-blocks 2S are interposed between the car-body sides and the flanges of said angles, the rivets connecting the angles extending through the sides of the car and through said filler-blocks 28 and holding the same firmly together.

When it is desired to lill the car, the doors are supported as shown in full lines in Fig. 5, and when it is desired to dump the load the doors 20 and 2Oa are released by means of the pawl and ratchet before referred to, when the weight of the load carried in the car will carry said doors downwardly to the positions shown in dotted lines at the left-hand side of Fig. 5, the doors 20 extending substantially vertically, while the doors 20 will rest upon the Wheels of the car and be supported thereby.

We are aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of our device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a metallic du mping-car, end sills, contin nous transoms,center sills extending therebetween, draft-sills extending to end sills, a longitudinal deliecting-crown extending from end sill to end sill, in substantially the same plane throughout its length, transom-crowns merging with said longitudinal crown above said trausoms, and doors extending to the sides ol the car, which doors are hung below the longitudinal crown; substantially7 as described.

2. In a metallic dumping-car, end sills, continuous trausoms, center sills comprising built-up channels, deepest near their middle portion, extending therebetween, draft-sills extending to end sills, a longitudinal deiiecting-crown extending from end sill to end sill, in substantially the same plane throughout its length, transom-crowns merging with said longitudinal crown above said transom, and doors extending to the sides of the car, which doors are hung below the longitudinal crown; substantially as described.

3. In a metallic dumping-car, continuous trausoms, center sills, draft-sills beyond said trausoms, a longitudinal load defiecting crown extending the whole length of said center sills and said draft-sills, and transomcrowns merging therewith, which transomcrowns serve as a portion of the vtloor of the car; substantially as described.

4. In a dumping-ear, ianged center sills, end walls, a longitudinal load deliecting crown extending from end wall to end Wall, continuous trausoms, and continuons transom-crowns connected therewith which serve as a portion of the floor of the car; substantially as described.

5. In a dumping-car, a continuous crownsheet above the transoms forming cover-plate therefor and also serving as a portion of the floor of the car; substantially as described.

6. In a car, a transom with web portions connected with the center sills, top and bottom angles connected with said web, a crownsheet extending substantially the length of said web portion and supporting means therefor connected to said webs; substantially as described.

7 In a dumping-car, center sills extending from bolster to bolster, draft-sills extending from bolster to end sills and a crown-sheet extending substantially the length of the car and supported from means extending between and connected with the web portions of said center sill; substantially as described.

8. In a car, a transom comprising parallel dat web members connected with the center sills, angles secured to the top and bottom portions of said webs, a continuous bottom plate and a continuous crown-sheet connected to said transom; substantially as described.

9. In a dumping-car, center sills extending from bolster to bolster, draft-sills extending from bolster to end sills, abolster comprising parallel web portions, supporting means connected to the webs of said sills and said holsters, and crown-sheets supported thereby; substantially as described.

10. In a dumping-car, center sills, draftsills, continuous trausoms, a load-deflecting crown extending longitudinally of said center sills and draft-sills, in substantially the same plane from end to end, and transomcrowns merging therewith which extend to a ICO IIO

.draft sills, a load-dei'lecting crown extending longitudinally of and supported from the web portions of said center sills, and continuous transom-crowns the upper line of which is in a lower plane than the upper line of said longitudinal crown and forms a portion of the floor of the car, which transom-crowns are supported by means connected with the web portions of said transoms; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of March, 1903.

HERBERT W. WOLFF. ARTHUR LIPSCHUTZ.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBBS, GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

